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CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M Volleyball welcomes Midwestern State and Texas Woman's to the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" on Friday and Saturday during Homecoming Weekend in Lone Star Conference action.
MIDWESTERN STATE
Valerie Armstrong is now in her second season at the helm of the Mustangs following four seasons at Vernon College. The Mustangs enter the weekend with an overall record of 3-9 with a 1-3 mark in LSC action following a loss to #20 Texas A&M-Commerce last Friday before rebounding against UT Tyler in four sets on Saturday in Wichita Falls. The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Stangs, 37-2 with WT claiming the last two meetings between the two teams. Midwestern State is winless (0-17) all-time in Canyon.
MSU is led offensively by Sarah Eakin who has registered 126 kills on 272 swings with 24 attack errors to hit .375 on the season while averaging 2.68 kills per frame. Sarah Glawe paced the Mustang offense with 243 assists so far this season to average 5.17 per frame while Audry Lopez leads the way in th back row with 158 digs (3.43/set).
TEXAS WOMAN'S
Third year head coach Jeff Huebner has led the Pioneers to an overall record of 40-38 during his time in Denton including a 6-7 mark so far this season following a weekend split with UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lady Buffs have taken the last seven meetings from TWU to hold a 48-7 lead in the all-time series, the Pioneers are 1-25 all-time at the WTAMU Fieldhouse.
The Pioneers are led offensively by Courtney Noel with 119 kills on 283 swings with 49 attack errors to hit .247 on the year while averaging 2.48 kills per set. Katy Ranes has dished out a team-high 239 assists (5.43/set) so far this season while Bailey French leads the way defensively with 215 digs to average 4.39 per frame.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
The Lady Buffs currently lead the Lone Star Conference in attack percentage (.280) and assists per frame (13.04) while sitting second in kills per set (13.76). Freshman
Torrey Miller leads the league in kills (194), kills per set (4.22), points (216.0) points per set (4.70) while
Chandler Vogel ranks second in digs per set (5.52) and third in total digs (254).
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (SEPT. 30)
Cal State San Bernardino picked up 39 of the possible 45 first place votes to remain atop of this week's AVCA Division II Top-25 Poll followed by Western Washington (six first place, 1,103), Minnesota Duluth (one first place, 1,033), Nebraska-Kearney (1,020), Washburn (937), Lewis (906), Concordia-St. Paul (853), Southwest Minnesota State (836), Northern State (791) and Northwest Missouri State (681) to round out the top ten.
The South Central Region was represented by Tarleton (14th), Regis (17th), Texas A&M-Commerce (21st), Colorado School of Mines (T-23rd), Angelo State (RV) and Metro State (RV).
WELCOME TO THE BOX
West Texas A&M is fortunate to have one of the best home environments in all of NCAA Volleyball. The WTAMU Fieldhouse is more affectionately known as "The Box," is home to 19 Lone Star Conference Championships, 13 Regional Titles and three NCAA Division II National Championships.
The Box boasts one of the best home winning records in the NCAA on any level of competition. The Lady Buffs are 484-80 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 85.8%.
A NEW ERA BEGINS
For the first time since the 2009 season, the Lady Buffs are under the guidance of a new head coach as former WT All-American
Kendra Potts was introduced as the 15th head coach in program history back on December 10th.
Potts spent four seasons as an assistant in Canyon from 2005-2008 where the Lady Buffs went 131-27 during that span with a pair of appearances in the NCAA Division II National Semifinals. WT went an incredible 43-2 in league action during her four seasons on the sideline with three undefeated Lone Star Conference Championships and three LSC Tournament titles. The Amarillo High product registered a standout collegiate career for the Lady Buffs, becoming a three time All-American and the LSC's all-time assists leader with 6,087.
STAPLE IN THE BACK ROW
Reigning Lone Star Conference Libero of the Year
Chandler Vogel has registered 1,477 career digs as the Hereford High School product is on pace to challenge Lauren Beville's (2009-12) all-time career mark of 2,423. Vogel has seen time in 296 sets for the Lady Buffs over the last three seasons in Canyon as she has started 81 matches in the back row over that span.
NEW LOOK LSC
The Lone Star Conference expanded to 18 volleyball playing institutions back on July 1st as the league welcomed Arkansas-Fort Smith, Dallas Baptist, Lubbock Christian, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M International and UT Tyler. The LSC is utilizing a divisional scheduling model, in which each team will play one match home and away against each of the other teams within their six-team division, and a single game versus eight other conference teams.
The LSC divisional champions will be determined by regular season games within the division, while the postseason tournament winner is designated as LSC Champion and earns the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Postseason. Twelve teams will qualify for the LSC Championship with the opening round on campus Tuesday, Nov. 19, and the final eight teams at the No. 1 seed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 21-22-23.
